As I nail down and solve the local RFI buzz, clicks, chirps in the neighborhood, the AM DX gets more enjoyable. Early morning pre-sunrise seems best and from Rochester, NY, I have picked up some obscure Canadian and Appalachian non-Clear Channel finds. It's nice that you can Google a frequency to find out what you were probably listening to when you can't make out a call or location. Some e-mail QSL's get a response from the station if they are at all interested in their signal propagation.

The 580', 10' high bi-directional Beverages I made from electric fence wire work great on the AM BC band. On some frequencies, I can hear four different AM radio stations on the same frequency as I switch among four different directions.

The antenna here is an RF Systems DX-1 Pro II active receive antenna. It is omni-directional and utilizes both vertical and horizontal polarization. I've heard some fantastic DX with it including some low powered AM SW stations from the australian outback!

I do AM DXing ,mostly during the summer to listen to baseball games (I love baseball on the radio). I use a Grundig S350DL. Nice AM rig. However, I have been restoring some tube rigs lately, and I am picking up stations all over the east coast and midwest while testing, in my basement no less!

Hi KAPT4560. You log stations that you,cannot identify call-sign or location,then Google them to find out what you were "probably" listening to ,and then QSL them !, that`s as bad as "listening" on Perseus, . Why not try using skill, you would get alot more satisfaction.

Been able to log about 175 AM Broadcast stations in the past two years.Best dx has been San Antonio Texas here in Virginia.Also been able to hear Canada, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Louisiana and Florida.This has been done with a Grundig G6 running barefoot, (no external antenna).

The antenna here is an RF Systems DX-1 Pro II active receive antenna. It is omni-directional and utilizes both vertical and horizontal polarization. I've heard some fantastic DX with it including some low powered AM SW stations from the australian outback!

73,

Fred EI4GMB

Hey Fred,

Have you ever logged our KDKA AM 1020 over there???....If you are yanking in the Australian Outback, the northeast US is proabably a chip shot for ya.....I'd love to know, because I have heard reports of KDKA being picked up at least on the Irish west coast....

I often hear U.S east coast AM stations here in Ireland.I also get a lot of co-channel interference from strong local European stations on MW, so sometimes it's hard to pick out the american stations. I didn't know of KDKA AM 1020 until you mentioned it. I will definitely look out for this station now. Thanks for the pointers Vince. Hopefully, I will work it soon.

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